Introduction: In recent years, the growth of published health-related research articles has increased substantially. As a result there is a huge challenge for authors to get themselves and their research papers noticed by ...

The amateur-professional debate is a recurrent theme within the Gaelic Athletic
Association (GAA). This exploratory study reviews the literature in terms of the
preconditions to and the implications of professionalism ...

BID, a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member, promotes cytochrome c release during apoptosis initiated
by CD95L or TNF. Activation of caspase-8 in the latter pathways results in cleavage of BID,
translocation of activated ...

The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy model was revised in 2011 to reflect the interpretation of information literacy in today’s environment. Subsequently, a number of lenses have been developed to adapt the ...

Higher education literature abounds with dark forebodings regarding the impact of the Digital Library on the traditional academic library. In this paper it is argued that, by playing to their strengths and maintaining their ...

Four librarians from Irish university libraries completed the U.K. Future Leaders Programme (FLP) in 2010. In this article they recount their experience and assess the effect of the programme on their professional practice ...

Purpose – This paper seeks to contribute to entrepreneurship education research by exploring entrepreneurship students' views of plagiarism, and their ability to recognise and avoid plagiarism.
Design/methodology/approach ...

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a member of the TNF family of cytokines that promotes apoptosis and NF-kB activation. Here we show that recombinant hu-TRAIL initiates the activation ...

This article reports on a pilot library-support service offered to undergraduate Equine Science distance students in University of Limerick. The service, which began in 2001, started as a postal, e-mail and telephone service ...

Information literacy, including the ability to search for, access and use research effectively, is a key component of evidence-based practice. Information and research skills training is regularly delivered by Library staff ...

Objective To develop a set of generic outcome-based performance measures for Irish hospital libraries.
Methods Various models and frameworks of performance measurement were used as a theoretical paradigm to link the ...

This article reviews the Irish university experience of LibQUAL, drawing from interviews with
administrators and library directors in the seven Irish universities together with data from the
Irish LibQUAL notebooks ...

Libraries are spending increasing proportions of their budgets on e-resources and therefore the need to justify these costs is increasing also. This article examines the different methodologies that can be used to measure ...

An overview of the open access and open data requirements for proposals for the European Horizon 2020 Funding, 2014. This presentation outlines what open access is, how the Glucksman library can facilitate researchers and ...